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 A very warm welcome to you all to our service today as we begin a new year. I wish you all

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 a very happy new year and may we know the Lord's blessing and his peace and his help in the days

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! His faithfulness has been towards us and we give thanks for that and we thank him for his faithfulness

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 and his mercies that are new each day and so may we know that loving grace he shows towards us continually.

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 After the service this morning there's tea and coffee served in the hall so everybody's very

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 welcome to come through for that if you're able to and then we have the no other notes it's just

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 never just the usual services at the weekend as well there'll be the Gaelic prayer meeting tomorrow

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 evening there's no prayer meeting this evening but there will be the Gaelic prayer meeting tomorrow

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 evening. Well we're going to worship by singing to God's praise we're going to sing in Psalm 100

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 the first version of the psalm the tune is old 100 page 362 of the psalm books Psalm 100 the Scottish

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 Psalter version the theme of our worship today is indeed worship set in the Lord before us at the

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 beginning of a new year and this psalm speaks about the nations of the world declaring the glory of God

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 coming to worship him all people that on earth do dwell sing to the Lord with cheerful voice

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 himself with mirth his praise forth tell come ye before him and rejoice we'll sing the whole of the

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 psalm to God's praise

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 all people that on earth do dwell sing to the Lord with cheerful voice

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 praise him and rejoice we'll sing the whole of the psalm to God's praise and the Lord with

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 the Lord with cheerful voice we'll sing the whole of the psalm to God's praise and the Lord with

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 For like the Lord our God is good

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 His mercy is forever sure

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 His truth at all times firmly stood

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 And shall come each truly to endure

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 Let's unite our hearts in prayer. Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven we gather in your name today at the beginning of a new year

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 thankful for these words that we have sung

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 they remind us that we are not alone in this world

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 but that we join in with a chorus of your people

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 that nations of the world as a new year has begun

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 although many have begun in celebrations that seem to have no thought of you

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 we thank you that you have your people to all ends of the earth

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 who have brought in a new year

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 with a sense of adoration of who you are

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 a sense of praise and worship towards you

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 setting a new year that is before us Lord into your hands

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 and that you would be the one who we begin looking to

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 and the one who goes before us in it

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 the one who knows the beginning and the end

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 as we have been reminded of your word recently

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 you are the alpha and the omega the beginning and the end of all things

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 and we do praise your name oh Lord and thankful that we can come to you

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 and sing to you with a cheerful voice and serve you with all our hearts

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 the psalmist asks the question why

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 why should we praise you in all of these ways

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 and the psalm says the Lord our God is good

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 his mercy is forever sure

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 whose truth at all times firmly stood

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 and shall from age to age endure

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 and as we oh Lord see all that's ahead of us

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 with so much uncertainty

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 we thank you Lord that your truth is with us

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 that you are with us

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 that you are the one who has endured through all generations

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 and the one whose truth endures to us today

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 and going forward as well

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 and we thank you that your truth is light to us

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 that it sheds light on our paths

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 and shows us the ways to go

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 that you direct us by your word and by your spirit

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 and we do pray to know that oh Lord

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 as we go into all that lies ahead of us

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 that we would know your light with us

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 that we would know your mercy with us day by day

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 and we do just praise you this day Lord

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 that you are one who hears us

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 that one who is with us

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 one who hears our cries

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 who hears our prayers

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 who hears our groans

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 who hears all that comes to our lips

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 and even into our hearts

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 and yet you remember us Lord in mercy

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 and so we do praise your name this day

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 help us that our hearts will be filled with worship

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 and praise of you

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 not just for this day but in all the days ahead

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 Lord we know that even as we begin a new year

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 we are so often reminded that there are these highs and lows

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 in our experience that are prepared by you

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 and known unto you even at this point

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 there's nothing hidden from you

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 and Lord as we do seek good upon us

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 we do seek it for all around us

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 for all the people of this world

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 here in our own community Lord

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 we do pray that as we look back and reflect over a year gone by

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 as we do so Lord

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 with much to give thanks for

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 and much thanks for your grace in every circumstance

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 we do look ahead as well Lord

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 asking that your blessing

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 your peace would be over us as a people

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 and we see so much going on around us

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 that seeks to take away from you and your cause

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 we think of our Lord's day

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 and how we treat it

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 and how it's treated by others

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 we do pray that you will guard it in our communities

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 and help us to honour you

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 on that day and every day

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 that all that we would do would be

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 for your glory and for your good

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 teach us Lord that we need you

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 in every way

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 teach us Lord that whatever we do

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 whether we eat or drink

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 it is to be to your glory

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 and we thank you that you have given so much

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 that we should give thanks for

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 even the simple things in life

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 even the air that we breathe

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 and the food that we enjoy

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 the fellowship that we have with one another

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 the family and friends that we have around us

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 the work opportunities

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 the homes

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 our communities as a whole Lord

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 there are so many things that we do take for granted

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 and we just thank you Lord

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 for every day we have to enjoy these things

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 and so may our weeks be filled

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 with praise and delight in you

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 may our weeks and our months

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 that lie before us Lord

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 be times when we see

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 in the midst of the changing seasons

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 of nature as we go through winter

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 as we see the darkness

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 the gales

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 the anxieties that they bring

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 may we see the spring that reminds us

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 of a new growth

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 a newness of life

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 reminding us Lord that you are the one

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 who is able to take from darkness into light

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 and that you are the one

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 who is able to give life

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 even in the midst of

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 such difficult times

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 and we thank you that your gospel

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 is what gives life

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 and we pray that

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 all the seed that has been sown

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 of the gospel over many years

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 here and throughout our lands

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 that it would bear much fruit in our midst

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 we do pray Lord

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 that we would see

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 great summer seasons of harvest

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 that we would see times of

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 great growth and delighting in you

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 and that we would see a great harvest coming

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 of people coming to know the Lord Jesus Christ

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 we thank you that the world in which we live

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 reminds us of the changing seasons

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 in nature but also

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 the seasons that we experience in our lives

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 and even in our church experience too

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 but yet we thank you that you are the one

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 who is building his church

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 and may you oh Lord build

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 throughout our communities

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 and throughout our land

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 throughout the world

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 may your kingdom come in power

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 Lord we do remember so many

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 with different needs today

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 we know that

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 there are those who rejoice in you

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 and those who are sorrowing in you as well

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 we know a new year Lord brings times of reflection

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 times of remembrance

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 times of thanksgiving

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 and times of mourning

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 and we do pray Lord

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 for even those who are coming into the new year

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 in the midst of loss and grief

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 in their own experience

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 and do pray comfort and help

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 and strength towards them

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 pray for those who are unwell

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 and those who have family members

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 who they are concerned for

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 Lord we just commit each one to you

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 thankful for the services

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 that are provided to us

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 in our health care

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 in our homes

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 even with family around us Lord

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 to support us in times of need

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 we do pray Lord

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 blessing and peace

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 towards those in these times of need

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 we do pray Lord

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 for today's of rejoicing as well

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 that we would be glad in you

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 and give thanks to you

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 as we have so often in the past

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 when we've seen

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 even as we think of our own congregation here

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 new members

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 and even this past year

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 as we think of

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 seeing people coming to church

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 and coming under your word

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 in different ways

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 whether it's in services here

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 or on the Friday at the Free

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 the 55 plus

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 the work among our young people

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 we thank you for every opportunity

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 we have to serve you

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 and we just pray blessing

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 upon all of these things

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 that we would see

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 a stirring up in the gospel

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 a telling of

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 your goodness and mercy

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 to those who we come into contact with

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 that the nations and peoples

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 would hear

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 of the wonder of God

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 of the wonder of salvation

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 in Christ Jesus as Lord

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 and we pray that you will help us

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 as a people

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 as a congregation here

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 to be salt and light for you

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 to be a people

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 who worship you

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 first and foremost

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 but also then

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 a reminder of the mission

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 of the church

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 to reach out

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 to those who are

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 in darkness

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 we would bring that gospel hope

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 into the midst of

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 all our people

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 and to all ends of the earth

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 we do remember

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 oh Lord

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 your people

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 far and wide today

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 your church

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 near and far

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 asking that your blessing

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 and the light of the gospel

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 would shine brightly

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 in the midst of our world

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 Lord we do commit

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 ourselves

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 into your hands

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 now that you would be with us

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 in our worship

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 in the singing of your praise

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 in the reading of your word

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 and in all that we do

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 this day

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 and in all our days

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 may it be to your glory

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 hear our prayers

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 Lord

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 and go before us now

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 pardoning us

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 in all our sin

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 that's all we ask

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 we ask in Jesus name

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 Amen

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 so again

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 sing to God's praise

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 we're going to sing

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 in Psalm 145

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 and sing Psalm's version

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 page 189

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 Psalm 145

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 we're going to sing

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 from verse 1

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 to verse 9

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 the tune is

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 even tied

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 I will exalt you

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 O my God and King

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 forever I will praise

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 your holy name

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 I will extol your name

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 forevermore

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 day after day

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 your praise

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 I will proclaim

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 we sing from verse 1

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 to verse 9

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 to God's praise

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 we stand to sing

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 Amen

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 I will exalt you

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 O my God and King

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 forever I will

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 praise your holy name

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 I will extol your name

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 forevermore

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 day after day

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 your praise

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 I will proclaim

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 most worthy of all praise

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 to turn to read the word of God together now we're reading in the book of Psalms

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 Psalm 96

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 Psalm 96

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 you'll find it around page 599 of the church Bibles

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 Psalm 96

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 Oh sing to the Lord a new song sing to the Lord all the earth sing to the Lord bless his name tell of his salvation from day to day declare his glory among the nations his marvelous works among all the peoples for great is the

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 Lord and greatly to be praised

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 he is to be feared above all gods for all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols but the Lord made the heavens splendor and majesty are before him strength and beauty are in his sanctuary ascribe to the Lord oh families of the peoples ascribe to the Lord glory and strength ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name bring an offering and come into his name bring an offering and come into his name so

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 Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

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 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name.

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 Bring an offering and come into his courts.

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 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.

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 Tremble before him all the earth.

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 Say among the nations, the Lord reigns.

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 Yes, the world is established.

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 It shall never be moved.

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 He will judge the peoples with equity.

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 Let the heavens be glad and let the earth rejoice.

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 Let the sea roar and all that fills it.

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 Let the field exult and everything in it.

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 Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy.

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 Before the Lord, for he comes.

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 For he comes to judge the earth.

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 He will judge the world in righteousness.

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 And the peoples in his faithfulness.

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 Amen.

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 And may the Lord add his blessing to that reading of his word.

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 Before we come back to look at this psalm together, we're going to sing another psalm.

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 Psalm 98.

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 The Scottish Psalter version.

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 Page 360 of the psalm books.

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 Psalm 98.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 4.

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 The tune is Argyle.

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 O sing a new song to the Lord for wonders he hath done.

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 His right hand and his holy arm him victory have won.

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 The Lord God, his salvation has caused to be known.

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 His justice in the heathen sight he openly hath shown.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 4.

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 We stand to sing to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 O sing a new song to the Lord, our wonders he hath done.

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 His right and land, his holy ark, in victory he hath won.

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 The Lord God, his salvation hath caused it to be done.

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 His justice in the heaven's sight, he openly hath shown.

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 He bind for all his grace and truth to Israel's touch hath been.

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 And the salvation of our God, all ends of the earth have seen.

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 Let all the earth come to the Lord, send forth the joyful noise.

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 Lift up your voice, bow out to him, sing praises and rejoice.

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 We can turn back to our reading in Psalm 96.

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 I'm just going to look at this psalm for a short time together this afternoon as we come with the theme of worshiping God.

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 We read at the beginning of the psalm,

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 Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord all the earth.

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 Sing to the Lord, bless his name.

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 Tell of his salvation from day to day.

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 Declare his glory among the nations.

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 Then down at verse 10, verse 9 says,

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 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.

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 Tremble before him all the earth.

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 Say among the nations, the Lord reigns.

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 There's so much in this psalm that just gives us a focus as we begin a new year.

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 Because as we begin a new year, we often have that sense of examining our lives,

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 looking around us, looking within us, and just asking certain questions about what is our main goal even for this coming year.

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 What's your main goal for 2025?

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 Is it to please yourself?

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 Is it to find things in life that bring you joy and happiness that you find in yourself or in things around you?

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 Or is your main goal in 2025, as we begin a new year,

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 to have the Lord set before you and to be looking to him and to please him?

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 Our chief end, as we so often read in the Shorter Catechism, the first question,

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 our chief end is to glorify God, to give glory to him and to enjoy him forever.

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 And we find that when that is our chief end, when that is our chief goal in life,

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 that everything else seems to fall into place, everything else seems to come together.

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 And so it's good for us as we begin a new year to begin it with that focus of worship and of praise to God.

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 Worship is key.

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 William Temple was once Archbishop of Canterbury,

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 and he gave a definition of worship as this,

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 as the quickening the conscience by the holiness of God,

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 feeding the mind with the truth of God,

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 purging the imagination by the beauty of God,

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 opening the heart to the love of God,

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 and devoting the will to the purpose of God.

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 It's all-encompassing when it comes to worship.

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 It's not just a little part of our lives.

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 It's not just a part of our lives for a certain day of the week or a time of year.

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 Worship is all-encompassing.

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 Everything that we do should have that aim of being worship to God.

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 And part of our worship is, of course, coming to him in praise,

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 coming to him in song.

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 And the psalms that we've been singing together already today,

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 they are psalms with that focus of a song of praise being offered up to God.

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 And the psalm often gives us reasons to worship God.

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 And that's going to be our focus together just now as we think of worship.

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 We hear the call of worship in this psalm,

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 and we see the cause of worship in this psalm.

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 And to bring these two things together to help us to have that goal,

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 that focus for the year ahead,

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 to have that call to always be a people who worship God,

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 and to have the cause that we see the reason to worship God.

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 And what that reason brings to us then is a desire for others

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 to know the wonders of God.

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 Bringing in a new year so often is a place where song and music takes part of it.

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 I'm sure many of you, maybe yesterday or even today,

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 have listened to certain songs or have heard songs being sung,

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 whether it's in Gaelic or in English.

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 Which so often the new year is brought in in that way,

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 with song to the forefront.

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 And there's a sense of it being uplifting,

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 and a sense of joy in the midst of it.

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 But it doesn't always have to be a happy song.

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 Sometimes, whether it's in Gaelic or English,

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 we hear many songs that are full of emotion,

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 that are sadness and sorrows.

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 Experiences that people have gone through,

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 and stories that are told through song

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 that sometimes bring tears to our eyes.

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 Other times, it's more uplifting songs,

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 songs that fill us with a sense of joy.

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 But isn't it good for us to bring in a new year,

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 not just focused on the songs of this world,

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 but the songs of God,

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 and the praise of God.

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 And every worship service we have,

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 every time we come to worship God,

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 there is song in our hearts.

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 We come to praise God.

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 We come to worship God in that sense of song and joy to the Lord.

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 Because if anyone has reason for praise,

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 if anyone has reason to sing,

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 it is the Christian.

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 It is the songs of rejoicing in the goodness of God to us.

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 And as we look at the Psalms,

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 not just the one before us,

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 but as you go through the book of Psalms,

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 you find that the Psalms themselves reflect the experience

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 that we go through in life.

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 They are not just songs that are filled with joy and laughter.

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 There is that in them.

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 There are times of great delight in the Lord,

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 and we thank Him for that.

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 But there are songs, too,

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 that have the reality of life,

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 the struggles in life.

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 We have songs of lament,

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 as they're called in the Psalms,

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 the Psalms of lament,

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 that give us a focus when times are difficult,

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 and yet we can still sing to the Lord.

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 But there are times when we just sing

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 of the wonder, the steadfast love of God,

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 the mercies of God,

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 the wonders of God.

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 We've sung in each of the Psalms that we've had today,

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 we've sung of that,

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 and we see it in this Psalm before us as well,

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 Psalm 96.

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 It is a Psalm that just brings us to see the wonder of God.

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 But the context of Psalm 96

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 isn't just standing alone in that sense of

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 it's just about joy in the Lord.

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 It's closely connected to the Psalm that comes before it,

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 Psalm 95.

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 They're like two Psalms that just come together.

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 And if you read through Psalm 95,

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 you see that it's the focus there in this outset

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 is song as well.

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 O come, let us sing to the Lord.

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 Let us make a joyful noise

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 to the rock of our salvation.

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 So there is song in that one,

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:32.420
 but it's in a slightly different setting.

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:37.240
 Psalm 94 shows almost a time of singing

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:39.200
 in the rejection of God

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.779
 in the midst of looking back

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.759
 in the experience of God's people.

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:46.059
 You go to the end of the Psalm,

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:51.299
 you see that speaking about the wilderness years,

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:54.380
 the wandering through the wilderness for 40 years,

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.940
 the rejection of God.

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:59.759
 And so you see that there is rejection in that Psalm.

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:02.960
 And 96 then is almost like a missional Psalm,

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:06.140
 where it's calling people back to God.

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:10.180
 And in both these experiences, there's song.

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:14.900
 There's a reminder to come to the Lord in song in Psalm 95,

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:17.359
 when we're drifting away from him,

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:19.440
 because it gives us that focus.

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:22.200
 And perhaps at the end of 2024,

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.660
 maybe for some people,

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:26.680
 it was a sense of drifting away from God

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:28.200
 or difficult experiences,

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:32.360
 and yet we're called to come to God in song.

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:34.320
 And then coming into a new year,

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:35.480
 it may still be difficult.

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:38.160
 There may still be many trials that we have,

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:40.660
 but we can set the Lord before us

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:43.440
 with that sense of a mission focus

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:46.100
 and a worship focus.

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:51.000
 What's more important for us in 2025?

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:54.700
 Mission or worship?

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:58.680
 It's not a trick question.

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.240
 It's maybe a question,

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.400
 is there a right answer?

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:03.420
 Do they not both go together?

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:06.019
 But there has to be an order of these things.

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:09.519
 Is mission or worship that's more important for us

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:11.279
 going into 2025?

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:15.019
 Well, John Piper, the American preacher,

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.900
 he said this,

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:20.160
 missions is not the ultimate goal of the church.

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.920
 Worship is.

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:26.700
 Missions exist because worship doesn't.

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.539
 The goal of missions

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:30.900
 is the gladness of the peoples

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:33.779
 in the greatness of God.

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:39.720
 Mission exists because worship doesn't.

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.380
 And so therefore,

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:43.960
 we begin with worship.

00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:46.380
 We worship the Lord.

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:50.240
 And then from that worship comes that sense of mission

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:53.400
 because we realize that the world in which we live,

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.780
 not all people,

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:57.640
 not all nations worship God.

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.780
 And so then their mission is

00:31:59.780 --> 00:32:03.860
 to make known the wonders of God to others.

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:08.339
 So we are to be worshipers first and foremost.

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:12.419
 People who acknowledge our dependence on God

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:14.519
 and who seek his favor,

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.019
 seek his blessings upon us

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:19.699
 and come to rejoice in him.

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:22.779
 And then we say to others,

00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:27.000
 come and behold the wonders of our God.

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:32.259
 And so let's begin 2025 with a focus on this psalm.

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:35.259
 And we're going to look at it just under these two headings,

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:40.079
 the call to worship and the cause of worship.

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:42.619
 And so the first thing we see here

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:45.200
 is the call to worship.

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:48.860
 It's no surprise to us

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:50.580
 when Psalm 96,

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:52.039
 among many other psalms,

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:53.860
 begin with these words,

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:56.960
 O sing to the Lord a new song.

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:59.680
 O sing to the Lord.

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:03.400
 The psalms were songs that were to be sung.

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:06.340
 They are songs that are to be sung.

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:10.180
 Songs of praise to God.

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:13.220
 As we mentioned before,

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:16.059
 there are many experiences in this world.

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:17.079
 We see it at New Year

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:20.779
 when people begin a new year with song,

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.240
 singing.

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:26.740
 There are certain songs that are always sung

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.940
 at this time.

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:29.539
 O lang syne is one.

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:33.240
 And you hear it just comes part of New Year.

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:35.960
 And people will begin a new year

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:38.319
 singing these certain songs.

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:41.100
 But what a difference it is

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:43.359
 is to sing a song to the Lord.

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:47.699
 To sing of the goodness and mercy of God.

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:50.139
 To begin a year looking to Him.

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.939
 Whether the difference is,

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:54.179
 the focus is not on ourselves

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:57.139
 or on our circumstances at all times,

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.619
 but on the Lord.

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:03.539
 To worship the Lord first and foremost.

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:06.339
 And the opening of this psalm,

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.059
 Psalm 96,

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:10.039
 has that focus for us.

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:12.079
 Sing to the Lord.

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.019
 And you see,

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:16.059
 sing to the Lord is mentioned

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:18.699
 three times in verse 1 and 2.

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:22.199
 Sing to the Lord is there before us.

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:24.779
 And there's nothing stale,

00:34:24.879 --> 00:34:26.759
 there's nothing lilteless in this thing.

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:31.279
 It's a sense of lifting up our voices to God,

00:34:31.439 --> 00:34:33.779
 recognizing who He is.

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:36.799
 That we can praise Him.

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:40.199
 And it's the first thing that we see here

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:43.419
 is sing to the Lord a new song.

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:46.340
 It doesn't necessarily mean

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:48.500
 a newly composed song.

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:51.800
 But just a reminder to us

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:55.079
 of the new song that the Lord gives to us.

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:59.159
 The way He changes our tune, as it were.

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:02.000
 The way He gives us something to sing

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:04.860
 in sense of praise to Him.

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:09.460
 That His newness is there for us each day.

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:12.139
 His marshes are new each day.

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:14.719
 You know, as we begin a new year just now,

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:16.099
 it's not just singing a song

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:19.219
 that we've sung a hundred, a thousand,

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.799
 a million times in the past.

00:35:20.879 --> 00:35:22.859
 It doesn't matter how many times you've sung it,

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:25.699
 there's still a sense of newness to it.

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:28.980
 Sing to the Lord a new song

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:31.059
 because our circumstances are new.

00:35:31.379 --> 00:35:32.480
 Our day is new.

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.819
 Our year is new.

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:36.000
 There is a newness in this song

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.440
 that it doesn't lose its appetite.

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:43.139
 It doesn't lose its sense of joy and wonder.

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:45.059
 But when we're singing to the Lord,

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:47.480
 there's that sense that it's new every time.

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:50.559
 Because we thank Him for each new day.

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:52.260
 We thank Him for each new year.

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:54.780
 We thank Him for each moment of grace

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:56.519
 that He gives to us.

00:35:57.980 --> 00:36:00.220
 Similar to Psalm 40

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:03.920
 that speaks of how He puts a new song

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.940
 in our mouth,

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:07.720
 a song of praise to God.

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.480
 It is the Lord

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:12.119
 that gives us that reason to sing,

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.700
 that new song

00:36:13.700 --> 00:36:16.619
 that we are able to sing to Him.

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.659
 And so today,

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:21.579
 it's not an old song we're going back to.

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:23.240
 It's one that's fresh

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:25.440
 and one that's new for us today

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.800
 because we sing it anew.

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:28.240
 We sing it together.

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:29.680
 And maybe for some,

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:32.059
 it's singing with a new sense of delight,

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:34.679
 a new sense of joy,

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:37.299
 a new sense of thanksgiving,

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:39.579
 that the Lord opens our eyes

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:42.619
 to see how precious He is.

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:47.239
 Sing to the Lord a new song.

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:50.360
 Remember when the Lord was working

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:51.940
 in my own life,

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:56.799
 how the singing of His praise

00:36:56.799 --> 00:37:00.440
 started to have a new voice to me,

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:02.079
 something that was new in it.

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:04.320
 And it was a strange place

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:05.619
 maybe to experience it,

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:07.139
 but it was standing outside

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:10.059
 the meeting house in Tolstachilish.

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.880
 It was at a wake

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:13.619
 on a summer's night.

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.519
 And there were so many

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.720
 in attendance at the wake.

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:18.119
 It's not a big meeting house

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:20.019
 that some were standing outside.

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.720
 And I was one of those

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:23.099
 who was standing outside.

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.700
 The Lord was maybe starting

00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:26.960
 to stir in my heart,

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:28.539
 but I had no interest going there

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:30.199
 that I was there to praise God

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.699
 or to listen to His praise,

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:34.460
 standing outside just talking to others.

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:37.079
 But when the worship started,

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:38.380
 when the singing started,

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:40.440
 and it was coming out of the building,

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.559
 the door was open,

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:43.139
 and it was a glorious,

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.639
 still summer's evening,

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:47.599
 and the wonder of that praise

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.460
 just spoke.

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.519
 That there was something

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.480
 in these words,

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.879
 something in this singing

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:54.599
 that wasn't natural.

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:57.719
 There was a power behind it.

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:59.059
 There was a newness in it.

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:01.319
 And that's the new song

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:03.920
 that the Lord so often brings to us.

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:06.519
 When He starts to open our ears

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:09.179
 to hear the wonder of who He is,

00:38:09.319 --> 00:38:12.480
 the new song that He is able to give us.

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.460
 And wouldn't it be wonderful

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.420
 if for all of us,

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.340
 in a sense,

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:17.099
 that new beginning this year

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:18.900
 would be with a new song,

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:21.719
 the Lord speaking to us

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:23.719
 in that powerful way.

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:27.240
 The second thing we see here,

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:28.360
 the second singing is,

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:31.679
 sing to the Lord all the earth.

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:34.940
 That there is a song for everyone.

00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:38.820
 There is a song that leaves nobody out.

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:42.680
 It's a song here of the praise of God

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:45.420
 that is for the whole of the world.

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:48.960
 There is no one who is not worthy

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:50.620
 to praise God.

00:38:51.120 --> 00:38:53.640
 There is no one who is unworthy

00:38:53.640 --> 00:38:56.140
 of coming to sing praise to God.

00:38:56.220 --> 00:38:57.460
 There is no circumstance

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:59.960
 that we find ourselves in

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:03.059
 where God cannot be praised.

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:06.279
 to sing all the earth

00:39:06.279 --> 00:39:07.639
 is for everyone

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:10.299
 and in every experience.

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:13.480
 We sing a new song

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:15.299
 because of the song

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:17.340
 that Christ gives to us

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.299
 in our hearts.

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:19.259
 When we recognize

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:21.259
 who our Savior is,

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.980
 when we realize

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:24.860
 what has been done for us

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:26.259
 through Jesus Christ,

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.900
 for the whole world.

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:31.599
 For God so loved the world

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:34.240
 that he gave his only Son.

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:37.380
 There is an opportunity

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:39.920
 for all to praise God.

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:43.300
 That while we have this day,

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:45.300
 while we have this moment,

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.639
 as you go back to Psalm 95

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:49.099
 and the end of verse 7,

00:39:49.660 --> 00:39:51.940
 today, if you hear his voice,

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.539
 do not harden your hearts

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.960
 as at Meribah.

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:57.159
 Do not harden your hearts

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:59.159
 as those who did in the past,

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:02.099
 but today, hear his voice.

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:05.760
 Today, sing to the Lord

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:07.340
 all the earth.

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:09.420
 There is a song here

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.619
 for everyone.

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.480
 Like I say,

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:13.260
 in every circumstance.

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.679
 One of my favorite psalms

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:17.380
 is Psalm 73.

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:20.260
 It's a psalm you can go to

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:21.240
 because you see there

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:22.960
 the honesty of the psalmist.

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:25.280
 When there is trouble

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:26.539
 all around him,

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.460
 he's not afraid

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.720
 to come to God

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:30.199
 with that trouble,

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:31.780
 and yet he sees himself

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:33.220
 as a beast, as it were,

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:34.360
 before the Lord.

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:37.099
 He's angry almost

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:37.940
 towards him,

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.960
 and yet there's this

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:40.280
 turning point in the psalm

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:41.260
 in verse 23,

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:42.199
 Psalm 73,

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.619
 verse 23,

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:44.139
 where he says,

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.920
 Nevertheless,

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:48.619
 I am continually

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:49.880
 with you.

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.840
 You hold me

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:53.280
 by my right hand.

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.420
 You guide me.

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:55.880
 And then you see

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.460
 the longing

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:57.619
 in the psalms,

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:59.139
 Whom have I in the heavens?

00:40:59.680 --> 00:41:00.780
 But you, O Lord,

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.220
 alone.

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:04.360
 So there is this wonder

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:05.180
 of a song

00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:06.380
 for everyone.

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.300
 Everyone of us,

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:09.240
 whether we're sitting in here,

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:10.740
 whether we're tuning in online,

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:12.319
 the Lord is there

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:13.339
 to be praised

00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:15.199
 and to be sung about

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:17.139
 all the earth.

00:41:18.879 --> 00:41:19.500
 Then you see

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.379
 there's the third,

00:41:20.839 --> 00:41:21.739
 Sing to the Lord,

00:41:21.839 --> 00:41:22.799
 in verse 2 there.

00:41:23.299 --> 00:41:24.099
 Sing to the Lord,

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:25.239
 bless his name,

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:26.739
 tell of his salvation

00:41:27.339 --> 00:41:29.839
 from day to day.

00:41:30.899 --> 00:41:32.119
 There is so much

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:33.479
 to sing about.

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:35.459
 And this is not just

00:41:35.459 --> 00:41:36.399
 for one day,

00:41:36.819 --> 00:41:38.139
 it's every day.

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:41.179
 Sing of his salvation

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:43.539
 from day to day.

00:41:44.859 --> 00:41:45.599
 We can begin

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.799
 every new day

00:41:46.799 --> 00:41:49.000
 rejoicing in the salvation

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:50.679
 that God gives.

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:53.900
 As we have that focus,

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:55.099
 we have that call

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:56.119
 to worship,

00:41:56.799 --> 00:41:58.739
 we see we are a people

00:41:58.739 --> 00:42:00.460
 who are to praise.

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:02.179
 When we come

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:04.539
 into the presence of God,

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.639
 when we come

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:07.199
 to worship him,

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:08.679
 we see

00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:10.379
 all that we have

00:42:10.379 --> 00:42:11.819
 through God.

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:14.579
 His salvation

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:15.339
 is there

00:42:15.339 --> 00:42:16.960
 before us all.

00:42:17.359 --> 00:42:18.259
 Even today,

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:19.699
 as we begin

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:20.359
 a new year,

00:42:20.439 --> 00:42:21.439
 just with that sense

00:42:21.439 --> 00:42:22.259
 of focus,

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:24.000
 not on ourselves,

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:26.279
 but on the Lord.

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.719
 The Lord

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:28.639
 and the salvation

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:29.619
 that he has given

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:31.099
 for his people.

00:42:31.759 --> 00:42:32.519
 The salvation

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.359
 that there is

00:42:33.359 --> 00:42:34.699
 in Christ

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.579
 alone.

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:37.739
 so we can begin

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:39.319
 by praising

00:42:39.319 --> 00:42:39.880
 him.

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.460
 We have

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:42.860
 a call

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:44.159
 to worship.

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:46.299
 Psalm 96,

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.719
 in some ways

00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:48.480
 you could call it

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:49.539
 a golden oldie.

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:51.139
 It's one we can

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:52.099
 go to again

00:42:52.099 --> 00:42:53.159
 and again.

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:55.259
 But still today,

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:57.079
 it's a new song.

00:42:57.819 --> 00:42:59.119
 It's a new song

00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.699
 for us

00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:00.319
 to come

00:43:00.319 --> 00:43:01.900
 and praise him.

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.819
 It's a call

00:43:02.820 --> 00:43:03.420
 for us

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.940
 to worship him

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:05.760
 as we begin

00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:06.800
 a new year.

00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:07.400
 As we set

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:08.220
 the year ahead

00:43:08.220 --> 00:43:09.200
 before us,

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.600
 we begin

00:43:10.600 --> 00:43:11.600
 with a call

00:43:11.600 --> 00:43:13.039
 to worship.

00:43:14.720 --> 00:43:15.820
 The second thing

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.600
 we see here

00:43:16.600 --> 00:43:17.200
 in this psalm

00:43:17.200 --> 00:43:18.340
 is the cause

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:19.500
 of worship.

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:24.900
 The natural

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.500
 question

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:26.119
 that comes

00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:26.480
 from

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.880
 a call

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.559
 to worship

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:29.679
 as we are

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:30.579
 asked to come

00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:31.960
 and worship

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.420
 God

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:32.639
 is

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:33.420
 why?

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:35.300
 Why

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:36.420
 should we

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:37.280
 worship God?

00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:39.460
 Psalm 73

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:40.559
 gave us

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:41.340
 part of that

00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:41.800
 answer.

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:42.860
 Nevertheless,

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.900
 continually,

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:45.059
 O Lord,

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:45.800
 I am with thee.

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.460
 You're the one

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:47.380
 who holds me

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:48.719
 by my right hand.

00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:49.099
 And there

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:50.299
 is a reason,

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:51.419
 a cause

00:43:51.419 --> 00:43:52.579
 for worship.

00:43:53.339 --> 00:43:53.699
 And so,

00:43:53.819 --> 00:43:54.279
 so often

00:43:54.279 --> 00:43:55.019
 in the psalms

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.579
 you find

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:56.519
 not just

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.259
 a call

00:43:57.259 --> 00:43:58.259
 to worship,

00:43:58.879 --> 00:43:59.679
 but the psalms

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:00.199
 they give us

00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:01.119
 the cause

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:02.199
 of worship.

00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:04.000
 You see that

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.639
 in the psalms

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:05.179
 that we've sung

00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:06.000
 already today.

00:44:06.439 --> 00:44:07.359
 There's that sense

00:44:07.359 --> 00:44:08.239
 of coming

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:10.679
 before the Lord

00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:12.219
 with great joy

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:12.879
 and worship

00:44:12.879 --> 00:44:13.599
 and praise

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:14.099
 to him.

00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:15.379
 But you see it

00:44:15.379 --> 00:44:16.500
 in Psalm 95

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:16.980
 there,

00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:17.639
 verse 3.

00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:19.099
 there's a call

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:19.519
 to come

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:20.019
 and worship

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:20.539
 God.

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.420
 But then

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:21.980
 verse 3 is

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.759
 for the Lord

00:44:22.759 --> 00:44:23.920
 is a great

00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:24.420
 God

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:25.460
 and a great

00:44:25.460 --> 00:44:26.019
 king

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:26.900
 above

00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:28.179
 all gods.

00:44:28.299 --> 00:44:28.559
 There is

00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:29.759
 cause

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.879
 to worship.

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:33.400
 And we see

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:34.519
 the same

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:35.039
 here in

00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:35.759
 Psalm 96

00:44:35.759 --> 00:44:36.719
 as well.

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:37.859
 Declare his

00:44:37.859 --> 00:44:38.559
 glory among

00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:39.259
 the nations,

00:44:39.259 --> 00:44:40.480
 his marvelous

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.480
 works among

00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:42.639
 all the peoples.

00:44:43.299 --> 00:44:44.000
 For great

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:45.179
 is the Lord

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:46.299
 and greatly

00:44:46.299 --> 00:44:47.319
 to be praised.

00:44:47.799 --> 00:44:48.359
 He is to be

00:44:48.359 --> 00:44:48.799
 feared

00:44:48.799 --> 00:44:50.199
 above

00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:51.679
 all gods.

00:44:52.839 --> 00:44:53.619
 Splendor

00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:54.259
 and majesty

00:44:54.259 --> 00:44:55.059
 are before him.

00:44:55.239 --> 00:44:55.659
 Strength

00:44:55.659 --> 00:44:56.980
 and beauty

00:44:56.980 --> 00:44:58.139
 are in his

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:58.599
 sanctuary.

00:44:58.759 --> 00:44:59.019
 There is

00:44:59.019 --> 00:44:59.839
 cause

00:44:59.839 --> 00:45:01.679
 to worship

00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:02.279
 God.

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:03.859
 And so

00:45:03.859 --> 00:45:04.519
 if we ask

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.179
 the question

00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:06.239
 come

00:45:06.239 --> 00:45:07.339
 and worship

00:45:07.339 --> 00:45:07.879
 God

00:45:07.879 --> 00:45:08.919
 and the people

00:45:08.919 --> 00:45:09.759
 ask why

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:11.120
 even as they

00:45:11.120 --> 00:45:11.520
 did in the

00:45:11.520 --> 00:45:12.020
 day of the

00:45:12.020 --> 00:45:12.560
 psalmist

00:45:12.560 --> 00:45:13.560
 even as they

00:45:13.560 --> 00:45:14.040
 do in our

00:45:14.040 --> 00:45:14.420
 own day

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:14.860
 why

00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:15.760
 should we

00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:16.120
 worship

00:45:16.120 --> 00:45:16.640
 God?

00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:17.820
 Well here

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.420
 we have a

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:19.020
 response

00:45:19.020 --> 00:45:19.940
 for great

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:20.960
 is the

00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:21.300
 Lord

00:45:21.300 --> 00:45:22.700
 and greatly

00:45:22.700 --> 00:45:23.700
 to be

00:45:23.700 --> 00:45:24.280
 praised.

00:45:25.620 --> 00:45:25.940
 You see

00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:26.460
 the people

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:26.900
 here

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:28.220
 as the

00:45:28.220 --> 00:45:28.600
 psalmist

00:45:28.600 --> 00:45:29.060
 is speaking

00:45:29.060 --> 00:45:29.420
 of they

00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:29.720
 had a

00:45:29.720 --> 00:45:30.180
 problem

00:45:30.180 --> 00:45:31.780
 and it's

00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:32.780
 not a

00:45:32.780 --> 00:45:33.020
 new

00:45:33.020 --> 00:45:33.580
 problem

00:45:33.580 --> 00:45:34.360
 it's not

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:34.980
 a problem

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:35.780
 that's

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:35.980
 gone

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:36.400
 away.

00:45:37.620 --> 00:45:37.800
 What

00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:38.860
 was their

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:39.360
 problem

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:39.860
 what's

00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:40.640
 the problem

00:45:40.640 --> 00:45:41.059
 for so

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:41.420
 many of

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:41.680
 us

00:45:41.680 --> 00:45:42.099
 today?

00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:43.340
 Well we

00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:43.680
 see it

00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:44.019
 in verse

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.599
 5.

00:45:45.620 --> 00:45:46.000
 For all

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.700
 the gods

00:45:46.700 --> 00:45:47.059
 of the

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:47.640
 peoples

00:45:47.640 --> 00:45:48.400
 are

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:49.059
 worthless

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:50.079
 idols.

00:45:51.380 --> 00:45:51.599
 The

00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:51.860
 people

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.039
 have

00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:52.539
 other

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:53.180
 things

00:45:53.180 --> 00:45:53.740
 they

00:45:53.740 --> 00:45:53.960
 put

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:54.140
 in

00:45:54.140 --> 00:45:54.559
 place

00:45:54.559 --> 00:45:55.059
 of

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:55.539
 God.

00:45:56.680 --> 00:45:56.880
 So

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.079
 many

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:57.519
 begin

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:57.780
 the

00:45:57.780 --> 00:45:58.140
 year

00:45:58.140 --> 00:45:58.900
 with

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.099
 no

00:45:59.099 --> 00:45:59.700
 thought

00:45:59.700 --> 00:46:00.120
 of

00:46:00.120 --> 00:46:00.500
 God

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:01.579
 but

00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:02.140
 worshipping

00:46:02.140 --> 00:46:02.880
 the idols

00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:04.019
 of this

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:04.559
 world

00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:06.180
 self-made

00:46:06.180 --> 00:46:07.120
 idols.

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:09.940
 they

00:46:09.940 --> 00:46:10.120
 are

00:46:10.120 --> 00:46:10.620
 worthless.

00:46:11.720 --> 00:46:12.200
 That's

00:46:12.200 --> 00:46:12.519
 what the

00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:13.019
 psalmist

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:13.800
 says.

00:46:15.180 --> 00:46:15.400
 They

00:46:15.400 --> 00:46:15.940
 feared

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:16.640
 their

00:46:16.640 --> 00:46:17.360
 gods.

00:46:18.640 --> 00:46:18.880
 It

00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:19.280
 wasn't a

00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:19.500
 new

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:19.700
 thing.

00:46:19.760 --> 00:46:19.820
 You

00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:20.220
 see it

00:46:20.220 --> 00:46:20.539
 running

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:21.380
 throughout

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:21.700
 the

00:46:21.700 --> 00:46:22.039
 scriptures

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:22.300
 where

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:22.720
 people

00:46:22.720 --> 00:46:23.240
 have

00:46:23.240 --> 00:46:23.860
 their

00:46:23.860 --> 00:46:24.300
 own

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:24.960
 gods

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:25.940
 and

00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:26.039
 they

00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:26.180
 would

00:46:26.180 --> 00:46:26.460
 seek

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:26.720
 to

00:46:26.720 --> 00:46:27.320
 satisfy

00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:28.280
 their

00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:28.840
 gods

00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:29.240
 offer

00:46:29.240 --> 00:46:30.220
 sacrifices

00:46:30.220 --> 00:46:30.559
 to

00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:30.820
 their

00:46:30.820 --> 00:46:31.400
 gods

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:31.980
 in

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:32.120
 the

00:46:32.120 --> 00:46:32.360
 hope

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:32.579
 of

00:46:32.579 --> 00:46:33.360
 harvests

00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:33.660
 of

00:46:33.660 --> 00:46:34.180
 health

00:46:34.180 --> 00:46:34.840
 of

00:46:34.840 --> 00:46:35.360
 victories

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:35.680
 and

00:46:35.680 --> 00:46:36.160
 battles

00:46:36.160 --> 00:46:36.720
 of

00:46:36.720 --> 00:46:37.079
 all

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:37.500
 kinds

00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:37.700
 of

00:46:37.700 --> 00:46:37.960
 things

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.099
 who

00:46:38.099 --> 00:46:38.220
 would

00:46:38.220 --> 00:46:38.639
 come

00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:39.220
 and

00:46:39.220 --> 00:46:39.699
 worship

00:46:39.699 --> 00:46:40.300
 their

00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:40.980
 gods

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:42.500
 in

00:46:42.500 --> 00:46:42.619
 the

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:42.780
 hope

00:46:42.780 --> 00:46:42.960
 that

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.159
 they

00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:43.380
 would

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:44.099
 cause

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:44.780
 things

00:46:44.780 --> 00:46:44.980
 to

00:46:44.980 --> 00:46:45.139
 go

00:46:45.139 --> 00:46:45.539
 well

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:46.079
 for

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:46.400
 them.

00:46:48.139 --> 00:46:48.840
 But

00:46:48.840 --> 00:46:49.019
 it

00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:49.619
 wasn't

00:46:49.619 --> 00:46:49.980
 the

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:50.440
 case

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:52.139
 and

00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:52.280
 it

00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:52.500
 will

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:52.740
 not

00:46:52.740 --> 00:46:52.920
 be

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:53.119
 the

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:53.480
 case

00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:54.119
 for

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:54.599
 us

00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:55.300
 as

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:55.659
 well.

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.699
 We

00:46:57.699 --> 00:46:58.000
 are not

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.159
 to

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:58.360
 look

00:46:58.360 --> 00:46:58.519
 to

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:58.699
 the

00:46:58.699 --> 00:46:59.179
 worthless

00:46:59.179 --> 00:46:59.860
 idols

00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.780
 of

00:47:00.780 --> 00:47:01.079
 this

00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:01.599
 world.

00:47:02.599 --> 00:47:02.780
 Where

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:03.059
 does

00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:03.320
 our

00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:03.599
 help

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:04.000
 come

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.519
 from

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:05.240
 as

00:47:05.240 --> 00:47:05.380
 we

00:47:05.380 --> 00:47:05.579
 go

00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:05.860
 into

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:06.079
 a

00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:06.260
 new

00:47:06.260 --> 00:47:06.619
 year?

00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:08.559
 James

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:08.900
 in the

00:47:08.900 --> 00:47:09.079
 New

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:09.559
 Testament

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:10.159
 speaks

00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:10.500
 of it

00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:10.820
 in this

00:47:10.820 --> 00:47:11.079
 way.

00:47:11.639 --> 00:47:11.740
 He

00:47:11.740 --> 00:47:12.380
 reminds us

00:47:12.380 --> 00:47:12.860
 where our

00:47:12.860 --> 00:47:13.119
 help

00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:13.480
 comes

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:13.659
 from.

00:47:13.740 --> 00:47:13.960
 Every

00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:14.260
 good

00:47:14.260 --> 00:47:14.659
 gift,

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:15.000
 every

00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:15.559
 perfect

00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:16.059
 gift,

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:16.599
 it

00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:16.980
 comes

00:47:16.980 --> 00:47:17.179
 from

00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:17.659
 above,

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:18.679
 coming

00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:19.019
 down

00:47:19.019 --> 00:47:19.240
 from

00:47:19.240 --> 00:47:19.440
 the

00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:19.780
 Father

00:47:19.780 --> 00:47:20.000
 of

00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:20.300
 light

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:20.539
 with

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:20.820
 whom

00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:21.440
 there

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:21.599
 is

00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:21.820
 no

00:47:21.820 --> 00:47:22.400
 variation

00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:22.639
 of

00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:23.139
 shadow

00:47:23.139 --> 00:47:23.420
 due

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:23.619
 to

00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:24.280
 change,

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:25.659
 the

00:47:25.659 --> 00:47:26.000
 one

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:26.800
 who

00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:27.380
 doesn't

00:47:27.380 --> 00:47:28.280
 change.

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:30.740
 The

00:47:30.740 --> 00:47:31.179
 psalmist

00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:31.639
 here is

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:32.179
 pointing us

00:47:32.179 --> 00:47:32.740
 towards

00:47:32.740 --> 00:47:33.480
 the

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:33.820
 true

00:47:33.820 --> 00:47:34.300
 God.

00:47:34.300 --> 00:47:34.900
 God

00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:36.220
 but

00:47:36.220 --> 00:47:36.420
 the

00:47:36.420 --> 00:47:36.780
 Lord,

00:47:36.900 --> 00:47:37.019
 he

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.480
 says,

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:38.120
 he

00:47:38.120 --> 00:47:38.440
 made

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:38.720
 the

00:47:38.720 --> 00:47:39.280
 heavens.

00:47:40.360 --> 00:47:40.460
 He

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:40.960
 created

00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:41.300
 all

00:47:41.300 --> 00:47:41.680
 things.

00:47:41.800 --> 00:47:41.860
 He

00:47:41.860 --> 00:47:42.140
 made

00:47:42.140 --> 00:47:42.400
 all

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:42.860
 things

00:47:42.860 --> 00:47:43.420
 for

00:47:43.420 --> 00:47:43.720
 his

00:47:43.720 --> 00:47:44.140
 glory.

00:47:44.280 --> 00:47:44.340
 He

00:47:44.340 --> 00:47:44.539
 has

00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:44.820
 made

00:47:44.820 --> 00:47:45.280
 us

00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:45.940
 with

00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:46.200
 that

00:47:46.200 --> 00:47:46.820
 purpose,

00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:47.100
 with

00:47:47.100 --> 00:47:47.320
 that

00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:47.920
 cause

00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:48.500
 in

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:48.800
 our

00:47:48.800 --> 00:47:49.200
 hearts

00:47:49.200 --> 00:47:49.720
 as well

00:47:49.720 --> 00:47:50.000
 to be

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:50.140
 a

00:47:50.140 --> 00:47:50.560
 people

00:47:50.560 --> 00:47:51.120
 who

00:47:51.120 --> 00:47:51.600
 worship

00:47:51.600 --> 00:47:52.100
 him.

00:47:53.460 --> 00:47:53.680
 And

00:47:53.680 --> 00:47:53.860
 it's

00:47:53.860 --> 00:47:54.180
 because

00:47:54.180 --> 00:47:55.000
 splendor

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:55.200
 and

00:47:55.200 --> 00:47:55.720
 majesty,

00:47:55.880 --> 00:47:56.039
 all

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:56.180
 of

00:47:56.180 --> 00:47:56.380
 these

00:47:56.380 --> 00:47:56.780
 things,

00:47:57.240 --> 00:47:57.800
 strength

00:47:57.800 --> 00:47:58.060
 and

00:47:58.060 --> 00:47:58.440
 beauty,

00:47:58.560 --> 00:47:58.680
 they

00:47:58.680 --> 00:47:59.100
 all

00:47:59.100 --> 00:48:00.060
 belong

00:48:00.060 --> 00:48:00.680
 to

00:48:00.680 --> 00:48:01.080
 him.

00:48:01.079 --> 00:48:03.039
 And

00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:03.159
 you

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:03.539
 see it

00:48:03.539 --> 00:48:03.759
 there

00:48:03.759 --> 00:48:03.900
 in

00:48:03.900 --> 00:48:04.119
 verse

00:48:04.119 --> 00:48:04.480
 three

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:05.039
 as well.

00:48:05.179 --> 00:48:05.599
 Declare

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:05.779
 his

00:48:05.779 --> 00:48:06.179
 glory

00:48:06.179 --> 00:48:06.539
 among

00:48:06.539 --> 00:48:06.779
 the

00:48:06.779 --> 00:48:07.199
 nations.

00:48:07.739 --> 00:48:07.880
 His

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:08.480
 marvelous

00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:09.119
 works

00:48:09.119 --> 00:48:09.460
 among

00:48:09.460 --> 00:48:10.000
 all

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.199
 the

00:48:10.199 --> 00:48:10.719
 peoples.

00:48:11.179 --> 00:48:11.440
 His

00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:12.019
 marvelous

00:48:12.019 --> 00:48:13.079
 works.

00:48:13.880 --> 00:48:14.539
 Reasons

00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:15.279
 cause

00:48:15.279 --> 00:48:15.880
 to

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:16.299
 worship.

00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:16.619
 His

00:48:16.619 --> 00:48:17.119
 marvelous

00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:18.400
 works.

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:18.779
 Have

00:48:18.779 --> 00:48:18.900
 you

00:48:18.900 --> 00:48:19.340
 seen

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:20.039
 his

00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.559
 marvelous

00:48:20.559 --> 00:48:21.299
 works?

00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:22.819
 You

00:48:22.819 --> 00:48:23.199
 have.

00:48:24.099 --> 00:48:24.679
 We

00:48:24.679 --> 00:48:24.980
 all

00:48:24.980 --> 00:48:25.340
 have.

00:48:25.860 --> 00:48:26.179
 We've

00:48:26.179 --> 00:48:26.400
 seen

00:48:26.400 --> 00:48:26.579
 it

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:27.019
 in

00:48:27.019 --> 00:48:27.279
 so

00:48:27.279 --> 00:48:27.579
 many

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:28.159
 different

00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:28.739
 ways.

00:48:29.819 --> 00:48:30.079
 You

00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:30.500
 see it

00:48:30.500 --> 00:48:30.739
 in so

00:48:30.739 --> 00:48:30.980
 many

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:31.400
 different

00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:32.199
 situations.

00:48:33.300 --> 00:48:33.780
 Even

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:33.940
 the

00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:34.159
 little

00:48:34.159 --> 00:48:34.820
 things.

00:48:35.760 --> 00:48:36.219
 Little

00:48:36.219 --> 00:48:36.619
 things that

00:48:36.619 --> 00:48:36.960
 make you

00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:37.539
 just look

00:48:37.539 --> 00:48:38.179
 and wonder

00:48:38.179 --> 00:48:38.539
 at the

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:39.480
 amazing

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:40.260
 wonders.

00:48:41.400 --> 00:48:41.719
 But do

00:48:41.719 --> 00:48:42.320
 you recognize

00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:42.760
 it's of

00:48:42.760 --> 00:48:43.179
 God?

00:48:44.539 --> 00:48:44.900
 You

00:48:44.900 --> 00:48:45.239
 think of

00:48:45.239 --> 00:48:45.440
 a

00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:46.280
 spider's

00:48:46.280 --> 00:48:46.619
 web.

00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:48.539
 And you

00:48:48.539 --> 00:48:48.940
 see it

00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:49.300
 with just

00:48:49.300 --> 00:48:49.659
 a little

00:48:49.659 --> 00:48:50.280
 mist

00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:50.960
 on it.

00:48:51.039 --> 00:48:51.300
 And the

00:48:51.300 --> 00:48:51.579
 sun

00:48:51.579 --> 00:48:52.239
 starting to

00:48:52.239 --> 00:48:52.579
 shine

00:48:52.579 --> 00:48:53.059
 through.

00:48:53.420 --> 00:48:53.739
 And you

00:48:53.739 --> 00:48:54.059
 see the

00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:54.639
 intricacy

00:48:54.639 --> 00:48:55.079
 of it.

00:48:56.059 --> 00:48:56.300
 The

00:48:56.300 --> 00:48:56.699
 wonder

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:57.219
 of it.

00:48:58.380 --> 00:48:58.599
 The

00:48:58.599 --> 00:48:58.920
 wonder

00:48:58.920 --> 00:48:59.559
 of God's

00:48:59.559 --> 00:49:00.000
 creation.

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:00.179
 You

00:49:00.179 --> 00:49:00.519
 think of

00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:01.159
 a

00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:02.019
 snowflake.

00:49:02.779 --> 00:49:03.000
 How

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:03.460
 everyone

00:49:03.460 --> 00:49:04.039
 is

00:49:04.039 --> 00:49:04.539
 different.

00:49:05.619 --> 00:49:05.799
 And if

00:49:05.799 --> 00:49:06.039
 you look

00:49:06.039 --> 00:49:06.279
 at it

00:49:06.279 --> 00:49:06.759
 closely,

00:49:06.899 --> 00:49:07.079
 even if

00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:07.299
 you go

00:49:07.299 --> 00:49:07.679
 under a

00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:08.219
 microscope

00:49:08.219 --> 00:49:08.719
 and look

00:49:08.719 --> 00:49:08.960
 at it,

00:49:09.259 --> 00:49:09.619
 you see

00:49:09.619 --> 00:49:09.859
 the

00:49:09.859 --> 00:49:10.519
 details

00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:11.359
 in it.

00:49:12.359 --> 00:49:12.819
 You

00:49:12.819 --> 00:49:13.339
 think of

00:49:13.339 --> 00:49:14.019
 the

00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:14.500
 flowers.

00:49:14.739 --> 00:49:14.819
 You

00:49:14.819 --> 00:49:15.239
 think of

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:15.759
 the

00:49:15.759 --> 00:49:16.139
 wonder

00:49:16.139 --> 00:49:16.659
 of the

00:49:16.659 --> 00:49:17.179
 sky.

00:49:17.899 --> 00:49:18.179
 The

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:18.639
 sky at

00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:18.879
 night

00:49:18.879 --> 00:49:19.219
 with the

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:19.500
 moon

00:49:19.500 --> 00:49:19.879
 and the

00:49:19.879 --> 00:49:20.539
 stars.

00:49:21.919 --> 00:49:22.419
 The

00:49:22.419 --> 00:49:23.059
 enormity

00:49:23.059 --> 00:49:23.519
 of it.

00:49:24.579 --> 00:49:25.000
 The

00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:25.419
 wonder

00:49:25.419 --> 00:49:26.159
 of God's

00:49:26.159 --> 00:49:26.579
 creation.

00:49:26.699 --> 00:49:26.759
 You

00:49:26.759 --> 00:49:27.019
 look at

00:49:27.019 --> 00:49:27.519
 yourself.

00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:27.699
 ourselves.

00:49:28.699 --> 00:49:29.199
 We

00:49:29.199 --> 00:49:29.460
 look at

00:49:29.460 --> 00:49:29.940
 ourselves

00:49:29.940 --> 00:49:30.259
 and we

00:49:30.259 --> 00:49:30.579
 see the

00:49:30.579 --> 00:49:31.079
 intricacies

00:49:31.079 --> 00:49:31.480
 of our

00:49:31.480 --> 00:49:31.940
 bodies.

00:49:32.739 --> 00:49:32.980
 How

00:49:32.980 --> 00:49:33.599
 fearfully

00:49:33.599 --> 00:49:33.800
 and

00:49:33.800 --> 00:49:34.340
 wonderfully

00:49:34.340 --> 00:49:34.599
 we

00:49:34.599 --> 00:49:34.739
 are

00:49:34.739 --> 00:49:35.119
 made.

00:49:36.480 --> 00:49:36.699
 And

00:49:36.699 --> 00:49:36.920
 these

00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:37.019
 are

00:49:37.019 --> 00:49:37.179
 the

00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:37.639
 wonders

00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:38.659
 of

00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:39.119
 God.

00:49:40.159 --> 00:49:40.539
 And

00:49:40.539 --> 00:49:40.820
 then you

00:49:40.820 --> 00:49:41.159
 look at

00:49:41.159 --> 00:49:41.579
 the

00:49:41.579 --> 00:49:42.019
 God

00:49:42.019 --> 00:49:42.759
 who made

00:49:42.759 --> 00:49:43.320
 the heavens

00:49:43.320 --> 00:49:43.639
 and the

00:49:43.639 --> 00:49:43.840
 earth,

00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:44.059
 the one

00:49:44.059 --> 00:49:44.219
 who is

00:49:44.219 --> 00:49:44.679
 behind

00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:45.719
 all of

00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:45.960
 these

00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:46.340
 things and

00:49:46.340 --> 00:49:46.860
 the power

00:49:46.860 --> 00:49:47.239
 that he

00:49:47.239 --> 00:49:47.739
 has.

00:49:47.739 --> 00:49:49.419
 and the

00:49:49.419 --> 00:49:49.819
 wonder

00:49:49.819 --> 00:49:50.859
 that he

00:49:50.859 --> 00:49:51.019
 would

00:49:51.019 --> 00:49:51.599
 remember

00:49:51.599 --> 00:49:52.439
 us.

00:49:53.959 --> 00:49:54.479
 The

00:49:54.479 --> 00:49:54.839
 wonder

00:49:54.839 --> 00:49:55.239
 that he

00:49:55.239 --> 00:49:55.439
 would

00:49:55.439 --> 00:49:55.979
 promise

00:49:55.979 --> 00:49:56.779
 to be

00:49:56.779 --> 00:49:57.539
 with us.

00:49:58.239 --> 00:49:58.639
 The

00:49:58.639 --> 00:49:59.059
 promise

00:49:59.059 --> 00:49:59.399
 that he

00:49:59.399 --> 00:49:59.799
 will never

00:49:59.799 --> 00:50:00.479
 leave us

00:50:00.479 --> 00:50:01.819
 or forsake

00:50:01.819 --> 00:50:02.159
 us.

00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:03.399
 And the

00:50:03.399 --> 00:50:03.759
 wonder

00:50:03.759 --> 00:50:04.239
 of his

00:50:04.239 --> 00:50:04.779
 grace

00:50:04.779 --> 00:50:05.919
 and his

00:50:05.919 --> 00:50:06.379
 mercy.

00:50:07.299 --> 00:50:07.519
 The

00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:07.899
 wonder

00:50:07.899 --> 00:50:09.000
 of his

00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:09.639
 salvation

00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:10.439
 for sinners.

00:50:11.819 --> 00:50:12.079
 The

00:50:12.079 --> 00:50:12.459
 wonder

00:50:12.459 --> 00:50:13.519
 of the

00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:14.019
 cross.

00:50:15.579 --> 00:50:15.839
 The

00:50:15.839 --> 00:50:16.219
 wonder

00:50:16.219 --> 00:50:17.319
 of what

00:50:17.319 --> 00:50:17.599
 he has

00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:17.879
 done

00:50:17.879 --> 00:50:18.319
 for us

00:50:18.319 --> 00:50:18.719
 there.

00:50:20.199 --> 00:50:20.679
 As his

00:50:20.679 --> 00:50:21.079
 son,

00:50:21.619 --> 00:50:21.959
 our

00:50:21.959 --> 00:50:22.419
 Lord,

00:50:23.079 --> 00:50:23.719
 gave his

00:50:23.719 --> 00:50:24.179
 life

00:50:24.179 --> 00:50:25.059
 for us.

00:50:26.279 --> 00:50:26.539
 The

00:50:26.539 --> 00:50:26.980
 wonder

00:50:26.980 --> 00:50:28.639
 of God.

00:50:29.659 --> 00:50:29.980
 The

00:50:29.980 --> 00:50:30.579
 wonders

00:50:30.579 --> 00:50:31.559
 that he

00:50:31.559 --> 00:50:32.219
 has done.

00:50:33.139 --> 00:50:33.539
 Are they

00:50:33.539 --> 00:50:34.459
 not cause

00:50:34.459 --> 00:50:35.859
 for worship?

00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:37.579
 Are they

00:50:37.579 --> 00:50:38.359
 not cause

00:50:38.359 --> 00:50:39.019
 to come

00:50:39.019 --> 00:50:40.239
 and sing

00:50:40.239 --> 00:50:41.259
 with praise

00:50:41.259 --> 00:50:42.199
 to him

00:50:42.199 --> 00:50:43.639
 the wonders

00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:44.919
 that he

00:50:44.919 --> 00:50:45.559
 has done?

00:50:46.219 --> 00:50:47.699
 And if

00:50:47.699 --> 00:50:48.379
 we see

00:50:48.379 --> 00:50:49.679
 the wonders

00:50:49.679 --> 00:50:50.139
 that he

00:50:50.139 --> 00:50:50.719
 has done

00:50:50.719 --> 00:50:51.759
 for us,

00:50:53.279 --> 00:50:54.739
 the cause

00:50:54.739 --> 00:50:54.980
 that we

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:55.480
 have to

00:50:55.480 --> 00:50:55.899
 worship

00:50:55.899 --> 00:50:56.559
 in that,

00:50:57.459 --> 00:50:57.819
 does it

00:50:57.819 --> 00:50:58.279
 not then

00:50:58.279 --> 00:50:58.699
 lead our

00:50:58.699 --> 00:50:59.279
 hearts

00:50:59.279 --> 00:51:00.480
 to the

00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:01.079
 cause

00:51:01.079 --> 00:51:02.299
 of telling

00:51:02.299 --> 00:51:02.779
 others?

00:51:03.980 --> 00:51:04.379
 You see

00:51:04.379 --> 00:51:04.980
 that run

00:51:04.980 --> 00:51:05.639
 through this

00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:06.139
 psalm

00:51:06.139 --> 00:51:07.099
 as well.

00:51:07.819 --> 00:51:08.219
 There in

00:51:08.219 --> 00:51:08.719
 verse 3

00:51:08.719 --> 00:51:09.219
 it says

00:51:09.219 --> 00:51:09.659
 to us

00:51:09.659 --> 00:51:10.179
 declare

00:51:10.179 --> 00:51:11.079
 his glory

00:51:11.079 --> 00:51:12.219
 among the

00:51:12.219 --> 00:51:12.639
 nations,

00:51:12.759 --> 00:51:13.500
 his marvelous

00:51:13.500 --> 00:51:13.980
 work,

00:51:14.079 --> 00:51:14.699
 the wonders

00:51:14.699 --> 00:51:15.519
 that he

00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:16.099
 has done.

00:51:17.299 --> 00:51:17.799
 In

00:51:17.799 --> 00:51:18.139
 verse

00:51:18.139 --> 00:51:19.539
 10 it

00:51:19.539 --> 00:51:19.960
 says the

00:51:19.960 --> 00:51:20.439
 same thing,

00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:21.139
 say among

00:51:21.139 --> 00:51:21.779
 the nations,

00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:23.299
 the Lord

00:51:23.299 --> 00:51:24.480
 reigns.

00:51:25.159 --> 00:51:25.659
 He is

00:51:25.659 --> 00:51:26.159
 king.

00:51:26.799 --> 00:51:27.439
 He is

00:51:27.439 --> 00:51:28.739
 king over

00:51:28.739 --> 00:51:29.319
 all.

00:51:31.259 --> 00:51:32.379
 The wonders

00:51:32.379 --> 00:51:33.939
 that God

00:51:33.939 --> 00:51:34.460
 has done

00:51:34.460 --> 00:51:35.199
 for us,

00:51:36.279 --> 00:51:36.699
 they are

00:51:36.699 --> 00:51:37.480
 the cause

00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:38.399
 of our

00:51:38.399 --> 00:51:38.799
 worship,

00:51:39.859 --> 00:51:40.179
 and they

00:51:40.179 --> 00:51:40.460
 are the

00:51:40.460 --> 00:51:41.159
 cause

00:51:41.159 --> 00:51:42.139
 to our

00:51:42.139 --> 00:51:42.559
 mission

00:51:42.559 --> 00:51:43.679
 as well

00:51:43.679 --> 00:51:44.799
 to tell

00:51:44.799 --> 00:51:45.599
 others.

00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:47.500
 Missions

00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:49.000
 exist

00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:50.279
 because

00:51:50.279 --> 00:51:50.940
 worship

00:51:50.940 --> 00:51:51.920
 doesn't.

00:51:52.980 --> 00:51:53.559
 And while

00:51:53.559 --> 00:51:54.319
 there is

00:51:54.319 --> 00:51:55.099
 no worship

00:51:55.099 --> 00:51:55.920
 in the

00:51:55.920 --> 00:51:56.539
 lives of

00:51:56.539 --> 00:51:57.239
 those around

00:51:57.239 --> 00:51:57.480
 us,

00:51:57.519 --> 00:51:58.019
 it is our

00:51:58.019 --> 00:51:58.399
 mission

00:51:58.399 --> 00:51:59.319
 to make

00:51:59.319 --> 00:51:59.659
 known

00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:00.519
 the wonders

00:52:00.519 --> 00:52:01.599
 of the

00:52:01.599 --> 00:52:01.960
 Lord.

00:52:02.839 --> 00:52:03.199
 And what

00:52:03.199 --> 00:52:03.899
 greater way

00:52:03.899 --> 00:52:04.339
 to make

00:52:04.339 --> 00:52:04.839
 it known

00:52:04.839 --> 00:52:06.079
 than to

00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:06.460
 worship

00:52:06.460 --> 00:52:07.219
 the Lord,

00:52:08.159 --> 00:52:08.920
 to sing

00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:09.880
 to the

00:52:09.880 --> 00:52:10.280
 Lord.

00:52:11.619 --> 00:52:12.099
 Somebody

00:52:12.099 --> 00:52:12.700
 once said

00:52:12.700 --> 00:52:13.139
 you cannot

00:52:13.139 --> 00:52:13.639
 worship

00:52:13.639 --> 00:52:14.280
 God as

00:52:14.280 --> 00:52:14.760
 you ought

00:52:14.760 --> 00:52:15.780
 until you

00:52:15.780 --> 00:52:16.260
 know him

00:52:16.260 --> 00:52:17.180
 as he

00:52:17.180 --> 00:52:17.599
 is.

00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:19.619
 And you

00:52:19.619 --> 00:52:20.260
 cannot know

00:52:20.260 --> 00:52:20.780
 the true

00:52:20.780 --> 00:52:21.280
 God

00:52:21.280 --> 00:52:22.240
 until you

00:52:22.240 --> 00:52:22.740
 know him

00:52:22.740 --> 00:52:23.440
 in his

00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:24.059
 benefits.

00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:26.700
 And you

00:52:26.700 --> 00:52:27.079
 do not

00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:27.460
 know him

00:52:27.460 --> 00:52:27.740
 in his

00:52:27.740 --> 00:52:28.380
 benefits

00:52:28.380 --> 00:52:29.720
 until you

00:52:29.720 --> 00:52:30.099
 know him

00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:30.420
 in the

00:52:30.420 --> 00:52:31.000
 sacrifice

00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:32.220
 of his

00:52:32.220 --> 00:52:32.659
 son,

00:52:33.260 --> 00:52:33.579
 Jesus

00:52:33.579 --> 00:52:34.240
 Christ,

00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:35.579
 who died

00:52:35.579 --> 00:52:36.019
 in our

00:52:36.019 --> 00:52:36.579
 place,

00:52:37.340 --> 00:52:37.659
 that we

00:52:37.659 --> 00:52:38.220
 might become

00:52:38.219 --> 00:52:38.480
 the

00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:39.019
 righteousness

00:52:39.019 --> 00:52:39.899
 of God

00:52:39.899 --> 00:52:41.179
 in him.

00:52:43.119 --> 00:52:43.480
 Our

00:52:43.480 --> 00:52:43.899
 mission

00:52:43.899 --> 00:52:45.519
 begins

00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:46.199
 with

00:52:46.199 --> 00:52:46.739
 worship

00:52:46.739 --> 00:52:48.099
 and

00:52:48.099 --> 00:52:48.859
 worshiping

00:52:48.859 --> 00:52:49.579
 the

00:52:49.579 --> 00:52:50.019
 Lord

00:52:50.019 --> 00:52:50.959
 in the

00:52:50.959 --> 00:52:51.639
 splendor

00:52:51.639 --> 00:52:52.259
 of

00:52:52.259 --> 00:52:52.779
 holiness

00:52:52.779 --> 00:52:54.179
 and

00:52:54.179 --> 00:52:54.899
 recognizing

00:52:54.899 --> 00:52:56.039
 what he

00:52:56.039 --> 00:52:56.679
 has done

00:52:56.679 --> 00:52:58.019
 for us.

00:52:59.399 --> 00:53:00.259
 He has

00:53:00.259 --> 00:53:00.919
 given us

00:53:00.919 --> 00:53:02.299
 a new

00:53:02.299 --> 00:53:02.639
 day.

00:53:03.480 --> 00:53:03.919
 He has

00:53:03.919 --> 00:53:04.619
 given us

00:53:04.619 --> 00:53:05.719
 a new

00:53:05.719 --> 00:53:06.199
 year,

00:53:07.339 --> 00:53:08.000
 a time

00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:08.940
 and a

00:53:08.940 --> 00:53:09.340
 place

00:53:09.340 --> 00:53:09.739
 and a

00:53:09.739 --> 00:53:10.219
 people,

00:53:11.300 --> 00:53:11.599
 to be

00:53:11.599 --> 00:53:12.039
 a people

00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:12.639
 of worship

00:53:12.639 --> 00:53:13.900
 to him.

00:53:15.159 --> 00:53:15.900
 So what

00:53:15.900 --> 00:53:16.260
 is our

00:53:16.260 --> 00:53:17.579
 goal as

00:53:17.579 --> 00:53:17.900
 we go

00:53:17.900 --> 00:53:18.199
 into

00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:19.179
 2025?

00:53:20.519 --> 00:53:21.139
 To

00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:21.480
 please

00:53:21.480 --> 00:53:22.139
 ourselves

00:53:22.139 --> 00:53:23.980
 or to

00:53:23.980 --> 00:53:24.420
 please

00:53:24.420 --> 00:53:24.780
 him.

00:53:26.260 --> 00:53:26.900
 May it

00:53:26.900 --> 00:53:27.219
 be that

00:53:27.219 --> 00:53:27.880
 we please

00:53:27.880 --> 00:53:28.280
 him

00:53:28.280 --> 00:53:29.800
 and do

00:53:29.800 --> 00:53:30.920
 so by

00:53:30.920 --> 00:53:31.619
 worshiping

00:53:31.619 --> 00:53:32.000
 him

00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:33.500
 in the

00:53:33.500 --> 00:53:34.179
 right way,

00:53:34.179 --> 00:53:35.719
 by giving

00:53:35.719 --> 00:53:36.699
 all praise

00:53:36.699 --> 00:53:37.980
 and glory

00:53:37.980 --> 00:53:38.919
 to him.

00:53:39.719 --> 00:53:40.500
 We have

00:53:40.500 --> 00:53:41.199
 a call

00:53:41.199 --> 00:53:42.059
 to this

00:53:42.059 --> 00:53:43.699
 and we

00:53:43.699 --> 00:53:44.059
 have a

00:53:44.059 --> 00:53:44.659
 cause

00:53:44.659 --> 00:53:45.919
 for this.

00:53:46.719 --> 00:53:47.500
 It is

00:53:47.500 --> 00:53:47.719
 the

00:53:47.719 --> 00:53:48.059
 Lord.

00:53:49.960 --> 00:53:50.699
 I'll leave

00:53:50.699 --> 00:53:50.980
 you with

00:53:50.980 --> 00:53:51.739
 these words

00:53:51.739 --> 00:53:53.019
 as we

00:53:53.019 --> 00:53:53.559
 think of

00:53:53.559 --> 00:53:54.119
 what we

00:53:54.119 --> 00:53:55.039
 do for

00:53:55.039 --> 00:53:55.659
 ourselves

00:53:55.659 --> 00:53:56.960
 or what

00:53:56.960 --> 00:53:57.319
 we do

00:53:57.319 --> 00:53:57.699
 for the

00:53:57.699 --> 00:53:58.039
 Lord.

00:53:59.579 --> 00:54:00.199
 Dear

00:54:00.199 --> 00:54:00.659
 Master,

00:54:00.859 --> 00:54:01.359
 for this

00:54:01.360 --> 00:54:01.780
 coming

00:54:01.780 --> 00:54:02.240
 year,

00:54:02.880 --> 00:54:03.539
 just one

00:54:03.539 --> 00:54:04.180
 request

00:54:04.180 --> 00:54:04.940
 I bring.

00:54:05.780 --> 00:54:06.220
 I do

00:54:06.220 --> 00:54:06.740
 not pray

00:54:06.740 --> 00:54:07.599
 for happiness

00:54:07.599 --> 00:54:08.920
 or any

00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:09.400
 earthly

00:54:09.400 --> 00:54:09.840
 thing.

00:54:10.500 --> 00:54:10.980
 I do

00:54:10.980 --> 00:54:11.440
 not ask

00:54:11.440 --> 00:54:12.519
 to understand

00:54:12.519 --> 00:54:13.539
 the way

00:54:13.539 --> 00:54:14.120
 thou leadest

00:54:14.120 --> 00:54:14.420
 me,

00:54:15.220 --> 00:54:15.780
 but this

00:54:15.780 --> 00:54:16.460
 I ask,

00:54:16.800 --> 00:54:17.260
 teach me

00:54:17.260 --> 00:54:17.760
 to do

00:54:17.760 --> 00:54:18.900
 the thing

00:54:18.900 --> 00:54:19.780
 that pleaseth

00:54:19.780 --> 00:54:20.039
 thee.

00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:21.720
 I want

00:54:21.720 --> 00:54:22.079
 to know

00:54:22.079 --> 00:54:22.780
 thy guiding

00:54:22.780 --> 00:54:23.280
 voice,

00:54:23.940 --> 00:54:24.519
 to walk

00:54:24.519 --> 00:54:24.940
 with thee

00:54:24.940 --> 00:54:25.480
 each day.

00:54:26.360 --> 00:54:26.559
 Dear

00:54:26.559 --> 00:54:27.059
 Master,

00:54:27.320 --> 00:54:27.760
 make me

00:54:27.760 --> 00:54:28.160
 swift

00:54:28.160 --> 00:54:28.880
 to hear

00:54:28.880 --> 00:54:30.079
 and ready

00:54:30.079 --> 00:54:31.000
 to obey.

00:54:31.360 --> 00:54:32.559
 And thus

00:54:32.559 --> 00:54:33.059
 the year

00:54:33.059 --> 00:54:33.440
 I now

00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:33.920
 begin,

00:54:34.519 --> 00:54:35.120
 a happy

00:54:35.120 --> 00:54:35.700
 year will

00:54:35.700 --> 00:54:36.000
 be,

00:54:36.539 --> 00:54:37.280
 if I am

00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:37.780
 seeking

00:54:37.780 --> 00:54:38.500
 just to

00:54:38.500 --> 00:54:38.820
 do

00:54:38.820 --> 00:54:40.059
 the thing

00:54:40.059 --> 00:54:40.720
 that

00:54:40.720 --> 00:54:41.320
 pleaseth

00:54:41.320 --> 00:54:41.620
 thee.

00:54:42.680 --> 00:54:43.200
 What

00:54:43.200 --> 00:54:43.640
 pleases

00:54:43.640 --> 00:54:44.340
 the Lord

00:54:44.340 --> 00:54:45.840
 more than

00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:46.800
 worshipping

00:54:46.800 --> 00:54:48.180
 him and

00:54:48.180 --> 00:54:48.900
 setting him

00:54:48.900 --> 00:54:50.400
 before us

00:54:50.400 --> 00:54:51.140
 in all

00:54:51.140 --> 00:54:52.620
 things and

00:54:52.620 --> 00:54:53.079
 above

00:54:53.079 --> 00:54:54.599
 all things?

00:54:55.099 --> 00:54:56.099
 The Lord

00:54:56.099 --> 00:54:57.480
 is worthy

00:54:57.480 --> 00:54:58.620
 of praise.

00:54:59.400 --> 00:54:59.940
 Let us

00:54:59.940 --> 00:55:01.260
 sing a

00:55:01.260 --> 00:55:01.940
 new song

00:55:01.940 --> 00:55:02.760
 to him.

00:55:03.300 --> 00:55:03.720
 Let us

00:55:03.720 --> 00:55:03.980
 pray.

00:55:06.119 --> 00:55:06.679
 Lord,

00:55:06.760 --> 00:55:06.920
 our

00:55:06.920 --> 00:55:07.400
 gracious

00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:07.920
 God,

00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:08.740
 we rejoice

00:55:08.740 --> 00:55:09.400
 in the

00:55:09.400 --> 00:55:09.800
 hope that

00:55:09.800 --> 00:55:10.340
 we have

00:55:10.340 --> 00:55:11.039
 in you,

00:55:11.559 --> 00:55:12.280
 the hope

00:55:12.280 --> 00:55:12.579
 and the

00:55:12.579 --> 00:55:13.260
 wonders that

00:55:13.260 --> 00:55:13.519
 you have

00:55:13.519 --> 00:55:14.480
 shown towards

00:55:14.480 --> 00:55:14.860
 us,

00:55:15.380 --> 00:55:15.760
 and above

00:55:15.760 --> 00:55:16.200
 all the

00:55:16.200 --> 00:55:16.860
 wonders of

00:55:16.860 --> 00:55:17.760
 your salvation,

00:55:18.440 --> 00:55:18.960
 that you are

00:55:18.960 --> 00:55:19.619
 one who has

00:55:19.619 --> 00:55:20.720
 remembered us,

00:55:21.099 --> 00:55:21.659
 one who has

00:55:21.659 --> 00:55:22.119
 done us

00:55:22.119 --> 00:55:22.460
 good,

00:55:23.179 --> 00:55:23.720
 and one

00:55:23.720 --> 00:55:24.200
 who has

00:55:24.200 --> 00:55:25.119
 promised to

00:55:25.119 --> 00:55:25.639
 go before

00:55:25.639 --> 00:55:26.079
 us.

00:55:26.700 --> 00:55:27.139
 And so,

00:55:27.260 --> 00:55:27.380
 Lord,

00:55:27.380 --> 00:55:27.760
 we do

00:55:27.760 --> 00:55:29.099
 pray that

00:55:29.099 --> 00:55:29.340
 you will

00:55:29.340 --> 00:55:29.640
 be a

00:55:29.640 --> 00:55:30.099
 God who

00:55:30.099 --> 00:55:30.820
 leads us,

00:55:31.340 --> 00:55:31.920
 thankful for

00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:32.660
 the salvation

00:55:32.660 --> 00:55:33.140
 that we

00:55:33.140 --> 00:55:34.200
 have in

00:55:34.200 --> 00:55:35.140
 Christ Jesus,

00:55:35.920 --> 00:55:36.420
 and thankful

00:55:36.420 --> 00:55:36.880
 for the

00:55:36.880 --> 00:55:37.840
 mission that

00:55:37.840 --> 00:55:38.420
 we have,

00:55:38.840 --> 00:55:39.260
 to be a

00:55:39.260 --> 00:55:39.800
 people of

00:55:39.800 --> 00:55:41.000
 worship and

00:55:41.000 --> 00:55:41.400
 to be a

00:55:41.400 --> 00:55:41.920
 people of

00:55:41.920 --> 00:55:42.720
 showing forth

00:55:42.720 --> 00:55:43.680
 your praise

00:55:43.680 --> 00:55:44.360
 to others.

00:55:45.059 --> 00:55:45.380
 Lord,

00:55:45.860 --> 00:55:46.360
 may this

00:55:46.360 --> 00:55:47.119
 be a year

00:55:47.119 --> 00:55:48.099
 when we

00:55:48.099 --> 00:55:48.579
 seek to

00:55:48.579 --> 00:55:49.680
 do the

00:55:49.680 --> 00:55:50.700
 thing that

00:55:50.700 --> 00:55:51.140
 pleases

00:55:51.140 --> 00:55:51.559
 thee.

00:55:52.079 --> 00:55:52.420
 Lord,

00:55:52.519 --> 00:55:53.039
 hear our

00:55:53.039 --> 00:55:53.700
 prayers and

00:55:53.700 --> 00:55:54.300
 go before

00:55:54.300 --> 00:55:54.920
 us now,

00:55:55.059 --> 00:55:55.720
 pardoning our

00:55:55.720 --> 00:55:56.240
 sin in

00:55:56.239 --> 00:55:56.559
 Jesus'

00:55:56.859 --> 00:55:57.039
 name.

00:55:57.539 --> 00:55:57.919
 Amen.

00:56:03.399 --> 00:56:04.119
 We're going

00:56:04.119 --> 00:56:04.879
 to conclude

00:56:04.879 --> 00:56:05.519
 by singing

00:56:05.519 --> 00:56:07.059
 these words

00:56:07.059 --> 00:56:07.379
 that we've

00:56:07.379 --> 00:56:07.799
 been looking

00:56:07.799 --> 00:56:08.299
 at in

00:56:08.299 --> 00:56:09.259
 Psalm 96.

00:56:11.559 --> 00:56:12.079
 In the

00:56:12.079 --> 00:56:12.619
 Sing

00:56:12.619 --> 00:56:13.099
 Psalms

00:56:13.099 --> 00:56:13.599
 version,

00:56:14.459 --> 00:56:15.500
 96a,

00:56:15.719 --> 00:56:16.179
 page

00:56:16.179 --> 00:56:17.379
 126.

00:56:18.500 --> 00:56:18.719
 We'll

00:56:18.719 --> 00:56:19.059
 sing the

00:56:19.059 --> 00:56:19.599
 first three

00:56:19.599 --> 00:56:20.139
 stanzas,

00:56:20.219 --> 00:56:20.699
 verse 1

00:56:20.699 --> 00:56:21.359
 to 6.

00:56:23.599 --> 00:56:24.959
 Psalm 96a,

00:56:24.960 --> 00:56:26.720
 page 126,

00:56:26.800 --> 00:56:27.300
 the tune is

00:56:27.300 --> 00:56:27.840
 Effingham.

00:56:28.519 --> 00:56:29.260
 O sing a

00:56:29.260 --> 00:56:29.920
 new song to

00:56:29.920 --> 00:56:30.320
 the Lord,

00:56:30.440 --> 00:56:31.460
 sing praises to

00:56:31.460 --> 00:56:31.960
 his name,

00:56:32.039 --> 00:56:32.440
 and his

00:56:32.440 --> 00:56:33.860
 salvation day

00:56:33.860 --> 00:56:34.579
 by day let

00:56:34.579 --> 00:56:35.119
 all the

00:56:35.119 --> 00:56:36.480
 earth proclaim.

00:56:36.639 --> 00:56:37.119
 We stand

00:56:37.119 --> 00:56:38.119
 to sing to

00:56:38.119 --> 00:56:38.860
 God's praise.

00:56:38.860 --> 00:56:45.940
 O sing a

00:56:45.940 --> 00:56:48.340
 new song to

00:56:48.340 --> 00:56:50.400
 the Lord,

00:56:50.400 --> 00:56:54.140
 sing praises

00:56:54.140 --> 00:56:56.920
 to his

00:56:56.920 --> 00:56:58.260
 name,

00:56:58.720 --> 00:57:01.059
 and his

00:57:01.059 --> 00:57:03.340
 salvation

00:57:03.340 --> 00:57:06.200
 day by

00:57:06.199 --> 00:57:08.659
 day let

00:57:08.659 --> 00:57:10.739
 all the

00:57:10.739 --> 00:57:12.079
 earth

00:57:12.079 --> 00:57:13.939
 proclaim.

00:57:13.939 --> 00:57:14.939
 His

00:57:14.939 --> 00:57:17.939
 glory

00:57:18.539 --> 00:57:20.379
 and

00:57:20.379 --> 00:57:21.219
 his

00:57:21.219 --> 00:57:22.679
 mighty

00:57:22.679 --> 00:57:24.439
 peace

00:57:24.439 --> 00:57:25.539
 to

00:57:25.539 --> 00:57:27.159
 every

00:57:27.159 --> 00:57:29.000
 land

00:57:29.000 --> 00:57:30.359
 declare

00:57:30.360 --> 00:57:32.360
!

00:57:32.360 --> 00:57:34.039
 How great

00:57:34.039 --> 00:57:34.740
 and

00:57:34.740 --> 00:57:36.360
 awesome

00:57:36.360 --> 00:57:37.360
 is

00:57:37.360 --> 00:57:39.360
 the

00:57:39.360 --> 00:57:40.440
 Lord

00:57:40.440 --> 00:57:41.840
 within

00:57:41.840 --> 00:57:43.700
 the

00:57:43.700 --> 00:57:45.340
 God's

00:57:45.340 --> 00:57:46.360
 compare.

00:57:46.360 --> 00:57:48.360
 name,

00:57:48.360 --> 00:57:49.360
 and

00:57:49.360 --> 00:57:50.900
 the

00:57:50.900 --> 00:57:51.360
 Lord

00:57:51.360 --> 00:57:51.360


00:57:51.360 --> 00:57:52.099
 For

00:57:52.099 --> 00:57:52.099


00:57:52.099 --> 00:57:53.700
 cross

00:57:53.700 --> 00:57:54.599
 and

00:57:54.599 --> 00:57:55.860
 word

00:57:55.860 --> 00:57:56.660
 and

00:57:56.660 --> 00:57:57.640
 stone,

00:57:58.099 --> 00:57:58.500
 the

00:57:58.500 --> 00:58:00.039
 Lord

00:58:00.039 --> 00:58:01.039
 made

00:58:01.039 --> 00:58:03.320
 heaven's

00:58:03.320 --> 00:58:04.900
 night.

00:58:04.900 --> 00:58:06.099
 Of

00:58:06.099 --> 00:58:07.579
 power

00:58:07.579 --> 00:58:08.360
 and

00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:10.900
 majesty

00:58:10.900 --> 00:58:12.940
 are

00:58:12.940 --> 00:58:14.000
 his,

00:58:14.000 --> 00:58:15.219
 he

00:58:15.219 --> 00:58:16.619
 dwells

00:58:16.619 --> 00:58:17.340
 in

00:58:17.340 --> 00:58:19.119
 glorious

00:58:19.119 --> 00:58:22.159
 light.

00:58:23.480 --> 00:58:24.320
 Now may

00:58:24.320 --> 00:58:24.820
 grace,

00:58:25.119 --> 00:58:25.380
 mercy,

00:58:25.539 --> 00:58:26.059
 and peace

00:58:26.059 --> 00:58:26.760
 from God,

00:58:26.920 --> 00:58:27.280
 Father,

00:58:27.460 --> 00:58:27.699
 Son,

00:58:27.800 --> 00:58:28.320
 and Holy

00:58:28.320 --> 00:58:29.280
 Spirit rest

00:58:29.280 --> 00:58:29.880
 upon and

00:58:29.880 --> 00:58:30.579
 abide with

00:58:30.579 --> 00:58:31.099
 you all

00:58:31.099 --> 00:58:31.960
 now and

00:58:31.960 --> 00:58:32.719
 forevermore.

00:58:33.119 --> 00:58:33.500
 Amen.

00:58:34.579 --> 00:58:35.639
 I'll go to

00:58:35.639 --> 00:58:36.059
 the main

00:58:36.059 --> 00:58:36.719
 door just

00:58:36.719 --> 00:58:37.039
 now.